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Mac_Allan

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:24 pm
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Could someone please advise when after loading Office 2008 for Mac and NOT deleting Office 2004 for mac, how do you set the default when opening an .xls or .doc to excel 2004 or word 2004.<br>
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Currently, no matter what i do, when opening and .xls document, it opens with excel 2008.<br>
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For many reasons, including the lack of macro's and page break print issues, I want to revert excel 2004.<br>
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Thanks<br>
Mac Allan

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Mac_Allan

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:29 pm
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Hi Bob;<br>
<br>
Thanks for your reply.<br>
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I have tried your suggestion numerous times, re-started after making the change.<br>
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If I want to change one document, it will accept the change back to 2004 version.<br>
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If I select "change all", immediately after confirming the change, the application selected reverts back to the 2008 version and its as if I never selected the document for change.<br>
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Any other suggestions would be appreciated<br>
Thanks<br>
Mac Allan

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:49 pm
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I tried your suggestion and it makes no difference in my installation.<br>
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Excel 2008 seems to take control of all and any .xls files<br>
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:32 pm
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Hi Phillip;<br>
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I tried your suggestion and selected a number of like files and re-set the defaults.<br>
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I then opened them from finder and they opened with excel 2004 as re-set.<br>
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The only problem is when I made changes to them in excel 2004 and then saved them again, when I then opened the file from finder a second time, the file opened with excel 2008.<br>
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Any ideas<br>
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Mac Allan
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:27 pm
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Well at least we tried. Sorry it wasn't a help.

Mac_Allan.RemoveThis@officeformac.com wrote:
> Hi Phillip;
>
> I tried your suggestion and selected a number of like files and re-set
> the defaults.
>
> I then opened them from finder and they opened with excel 2004 as re-set.
>
> The only problem is when I made changes to them in excel 2004 and then
> saved them again, when I then opened the file from finder a second time,
> the file opened with excel 2008.
>
> Any ideas
> Thanks
> Mac Allan

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:08 pm
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My understanding is that the file will open in whichever of the versions was
*last* installed - which will typically be the later version. I haven't
tested this but it seems to hold water:-) AFAIK there is no [easy] way to
modify this behavior [which is actually OS X at work, not Office].

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On 2/9/08 4:32 PM, in article ee8bf08.6.RemoveThis@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"Mac_Allan@officeformac.com" <Mac_Allan.RemoveThis@officeformac.com> wrote:

> Hi Phillip;
>
> I tried your suggestion and selected a number of like files and re-set the
> defaults.
>
> I then opened them from finder and they opened with excel 2004 as re-set.
>
> The only problem is when I made changes to them in excel 2004 and then saved
> them again, when I then opened the file from finder a second time, the file
> opened with excel 2008.
>
> Any ideas
> Thanks
> Mac Allan
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:27 pm
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Although double clicking no longer works to open specific application in
this instance you can do something from finder that almost as fast.

highlight desired document.

Either right click and choose open with...
or go to Finder menu and choose File > open with...

and choose from the pop up list.

If you have a lot of applications that could open the same type file,
make take a few seconds to build the list.

CyberTaz wrote:
> My understanding is that the file will open in whichever of the versions was
> *last* installed - which will typically be the later version. I haven't
> tested this but it seems to hold water:-) AFAIK there is no [easy] way to
> modify this behavior [which is actually OS X at work, not Office].
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 2/9/08 4:32 PM, in article ee8bf08.6.TakeThisOut@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
> "Mac_Allan@officeformac.com" <Mac_Allan.TakeThisOut@officeformac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Phillip;
>>
>> I tried your suggestion and selected a number of like files and re-set the
>> defaults.
>>
>> I then opened them from finder and they opened with excel 2004 as re-set.
>>
>> The only problem is when I made changes to them in excel 2004 and then saved
>> them again, when I then opened the file from finder a second time, the file
>> opened with excel 2008.
>>
>> Any ideas
>> Thanks
>> Mac Allan
>

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